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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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